Found: GVP-compatible 16MB SIMMs! :)

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

It took me *two years* to find them.  I had to order them all the way from Finland, and paid more than I'd care to admit.  But my A2000 now has as much memory as an early 2000's era PC, LOL.  

All you people hoarding CSPPC's and A4000T's can just hush up, haha.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Edit:  Huzzah!  I can finally open more than one tab in IBrowse!  *grin!*

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

This hasn't left you with any spare 1mb GVP SIMMs has it?

4x 4MB 60ns SIMM's,  actually.  Was thinking about putting them up on ebay once I'm 100% sure the new ones are without issue.  Try to recoup a little bit of what I paid for the new ones, but I want to make sure there's no issues first.  So far I've tested the new ones by copying tons of files to the ram disk, playing big .mp3's, and opening a bunch of tabs in IBrowse.  So far so good!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

It kind of staggers me how hard these were to find.  Was joking with a friend that now that I have some, I could send one off to China and have it duplicated within a week.  I mean, there's obviously a market for GVP-compatible SIMM's, and it's not like they could be "that hard" to reverse-engineer and mass produce.  You'd think someone like AmigaKit would have jumped on that, right?  :idea:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Anyone can pre-order some 4 and 16 Mb here for about 6 %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!8364; : http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=49495

(PCB only)

Be quick, it's the last day !!

Forum requires registration and appears to be all in German.  @Cosmos, if you're feeling generous, maybe you could translate and do a quick post about it somewhere on here?  I don't think the knowledge about this project ever made it over to amiga.org, there might be other folks here who are interested?

Side-note, I'm always amazed when I peruse those German Amiga websites.  They've always got some wacky home-brew projects going on.  That "Protein von Botfixer" (or however you pronounce it) accelerator?  Awesome!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

You have just to post a message with your desired quantity !

==> http://www.a1k.org/forum/showpost.php?p=830581&postcount=35

That link goes to a login screen that's all in German.  

Hopefully some here will find it helpful, though.  Thanks!  

Screenshot:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Mike...going off-topic slightly, can you send me a PM regarding your workbench (not the OS, the table) setup? I haven't seen anything like it before and I am really liking the angles and upper shelves.  

Hi!  If that's one thing I love talking about, it's my workbench.  You're looking at $5400 worth of custom Kendall Howard modular office furniture.  I was project manager when my company built our new office in Feb. 2013, so finally got my dream desk (after six years of working in a space not much bigger than a closet, with a server rack right next to me, LOL).

Here's a couple pics, one from when I put the furniture together (Feb. 2013), and one from six months after that - just a "typical day" for me!  :lol:

...considering I spend about 16 hours a day here, there's a lot to be said for having a nice workspace!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Wow! Beautiful! I was thinking there would be some customizing in your case. If I only had one corner section, that would be awesome. The fact that they are on casters is another added bonus!!

I'm going to have to start saving up...

Ha, the casters were extra!  (it was all modular, like buying Ikea furniture...  9 different boxes of kit for one TV stand, haha...)  I took the stinkin' feet they came with and threw them in the trash.  Considering we assembled this in our warehouse then brought it upstairs through an elevator, the casters were necessary!  Also gives it enough clearance for my Roomba to run underneath everything.  Yes, *I am* that much of a geek.  LOL!  :lol:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

If you buy one for yourself, write it off on your taxes as a business expense!  :hammer:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

That pic is from two years ago... that was my first A2000.  Second A2000 is still a pile of parts...  I've got a 68010 + a SupraTurbo 28, an A2091 that I've got new ROM's and upgraded SCSI chip, full memory, that I'm working on SpeedGeek's 14MHz mod on, another 8MB ram board, a Supra WordSync SCSI controller, an Indivision ECS, a Tandem IDE controller that I'm going to use to mount an external CF adapter in one of the expansion slots, a 3.1 ROM, a coin cell battery adapter that needs to be installed... and I don't even remember what else.  Stuff, but no time!  

I kind of want to play with BetterWB on it.  Someday!  Then who knows, maybe I'll part it back out to try to afford an '060 for my main 2000.  :laughing: